Theme: stateless people

March 8, 2022 comes at the most difficult moment when the Russian army launches rocket and artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine, when millions  leave their homes, when thousands are killed and tens of thousands are wounded. In the…

In August 2021, amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation and other legislation regulating the legal status of stateless people came into force (Law No. 22-FZ of February 24, 2021, entered into…

Promotion of modern international standards of children’s rights: deinstitutionalization and humanization of closed institutions in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine The issue of returning migrant children to their countries of origin is important for the entire OSCE region Migrant children need…

European States and regional institutions need to step-up and commit to clear actions to protect the rights of all children to a legal identity and nationality. This includes children born in conflict zones, for whom creative solutions to the specific…

Native of Kyrgyzstan Andrei B. has been held in a foreign national detention center twice – his is one of the many cases of stateless people being repeatedly deemed “violators of migration laws” and deprived of liberty for extended periods, even…